Chapter 9
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Tadashi looked at her. "Aeiko, can you tell me what it was? I'm sure if it's still in Sanfransokyo Hiro can look for it." "It looked like a keychain," Aeiko explained.
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Callaghan picked up the keychain. "Let's see how you work," he said, "and what your weaknesses are."
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"That's how I got here!" Tadashi replied. "Where did you get this?" Aeiko asked. "It's pretty cool."
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Callaghan experimented with the keychain for quite a while before he tested a magnet on it. The keychain cracked.
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"I made it with some blue prints." "You made it?" Aeiko was speechless. This didn't surprise Keisuke.
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Callaghan finished his craft and laughed delightfully. "This is going to be great," he remarked as he made that last edits go his new creation.
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Tadashi nodded. "Yeah. When my professor kidnapped me. I found the blue prints in his study and used them to escape." "Well, what are we waiting for?" Keisuke exclaimed. "Let's get you back to San Frantokyo." "Sokyo," Aeiko corrected him. "And we can't. I don't have the keychain. Also, as far as anyone in Sanfransokyo's concerned, Tadashi's dead. For all they know he could become Sunfire or something." "Sun fire?" He asked. "Never mind. You can tell me that later. As for not having a way there, Emi can cross when she goes to sleep and ask Hiro for ideas." He explained. "Aeiko reads a lot of comics," Keisuke explained apologetically. "But we could try that." "alright." he replied. Emi nodded.
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Callaghan had no further need of the keychain. He tossed it back through the portal. Soon his creation would work. He would put things back where he wanted them to be: Krei in jail and Tadashi under his care once more.
When Aeiko received the chain around two days later, she was ecstatic and began using it to jump dimensions between her city and the other city. On this particular day, Aeiko was in San Fransokyo trying out a suit that Hiro had generously made her in exchange for skateboarding lessons. Aeiko uncertainly stepped onto her new hoverboard. "I thought this stuff was only in the movies," she marveled. "Here it can be real," Hiro told her. "There. We may need a tester before a human-" Aeiko nearly lost her balance as she attempted to move forward.
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Emi was working with Tadashi on blue prints and ideas to make where they could all visit each other whenever they wanted and they would each have a key.
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"EEEEEEIIIIIOOOOOO!" Aeiko shrieked as she whizzed past them. "Oh no!" Hiro gasped and ran after her. "Oh dear." Baymax spoke up. "How do you stop this thing?!" Aeiko shouted as she zipped around. "You're supposed to-you just get off!" Hiro answered. But he doubted Aeiko's safety if she did that. Fortunately, Aeiko did too. "How?" she asked. Then she raced off, hoverboard out of control.
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Emi and Tadashi were taking a break and Emi fell asleep to go check on the others in Sanfransokyo.
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When she got there Aeiko zoomed passed her. She activated her watch and ran after her. Hiro felt relief as he saw Emi fly past him. He struggled to catch up. The hoverboard slowed, but to Aeiko, it was still incredibly fast. She flew over cars and even a few relatively short buildings as the board rose higher and higher. Then she realized she was headed straight for a super tall building! She tried to go lower but ended up turning the hoverboard off. "Oh crap." would probably have been her last thoughts. Emi was keeping up with her and saw she was about to crash. She was trying to think of a way to catch her. Aeiko finally grabbed hold of a windowsill on the second floor of the building.
The hoverboard hit the ground but did not break. "I'm fine!" Aeiko called. Famous last words. Her fingers slipped and she went careening down. Aeiko would have been seriously hurt if Hiro had not raced to shield her fall. He awkwardly caught her and the two of them crashed to the ground. Emi ran over. "Are you guys okay?" Aeiko awkwardly pulled herself up. "I'm okay," she said. "Ow. Maybe not." "I'm not either," Hiro agreed. "Ow." "We should get you guys back to the cafe." "That would be great. But, I guess its back to the drawing board," Hiro said. "Are you kidding? That was totally awesome! With a little bit of practice, I could totally nail this in no time!" Aeiko told him excitedly.
She clutched the hoverboard to her chest. "Is it all right if I take this home today?" Hiro shrugged. "Sure, I mean if you like people staring-well never mind. Yeah." "Great!" Aeiko squealed and gave him a sideways hug. Hiro's eyes widened. That had never happened before. He was still in surprise when Aeiko left through the portal. Emi was smirking. "You just made her the happiest girl in two different dimensions. Congrats on being the first to ever accomplish that achievement." she said. "Uh, thanks?" Hiro was still a little confused. "She must really love skateboarding." "Yeah. She does. Keisuke and I have had to save her from multiple skateboarding competitions gone wrong." Hiro was reminded of the last time Tadashi had saved him from a close scrape. "Keisuke's her brother, right?" "Yeah." "Cool."
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When Aeiko arrived back in San Francisco, she could hardly wait to see if her hoverboard worked. She waltzed out of the house. "Where are you going?" Keisuke asked. "Keisuke, I know it doesn't make much sense right now, but it has something to do with a portal, a kabuki mask, and a hoverboard. See ya, bye." Tadashi was over at their place and watched Aeiko leave. "Okay then." He muttered. Emi woke up and looked at them. "So Aeiko just left with a hoverboard didn't she?" Keisuke glanced out the window. "Yup."
"I'd keep an eye on her. She doesn't exactly know how to use it yet." "Says who?" Aeiko demanded when Keisuke stepped outside to watch her fail numerous times. "I can totally do this." "You'll kill yourself." Keisuke cautioned. "If I can escape Dallas Schaffer and his henchmen, I can probably survive this," Aeiko said stubbornly. She kept her balance. Keisuke rolled his eyes and turned to leave, but then he heard Aeiko scream. He quickly turned back around saw that she was gone. "Okay, guys we have a problem," Keisuke called into the house. "Aeiko's up and left. Just now. There's no telling where she's going, and I don't think Aeiko knows either."
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Hiro had made up his mind on a very important decision. He asked Baymax to contact his friends. Baymax noded and contacted them. When they would arrive, Hiro planned to tell them exactly everything that he was thinking of doing.
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Emi sighed. "I'll go look." she took her pocket watch and vanished. Aeiko zoomed across the downtown area and finally gained control of the hoverboard. She was easily able to maneuver it through Chinatown and past the new skate park. Finally, finally-she stopped it across from the old skate park, then stepped on it to pick it up. "That was totally awesome!" Aeiko exclaimed to herself. "Talking to yourself, Sontaro?" came a shady voice from behind her. "Uh," Aeiko turned around and jumped to see her old enemy Schaffer standing there. "Gone from three wheels to none?" Schaffer sneered. Aeiko looked down at her hoverboard. "Yep. But don't underestimate this one."
Schaffer laughed. "HA. No need to show me Sontaro; we have unfinished business." He pounded his fist against his palm twice and two of his henchmen appeared suddenly from behind him. They wore sinister grins and hooded faces. Aeiko took one look at the imminent danger in front of her and shook her head. Then she set down her hoverboard and turned it on with her foot. "Don't run away now, Sontaro. You have nowhere to run. I've got people on every street corner." Schaffer laughed. Aeiko crossed her arms. "Try to catch me," she taunted, then leapt in to the hoverboard and let it rise up before she streaked off back the way she'd come. Emi finally caught up to her and ran beside her. "Aeiko! Are you alright?" Aeiko shrugged. "I'm okay."
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Wasabi and GoGo arrived first, they drove separately, but still arrived at the same time. While they waited, Hiro was so excited he could hardly keep still. Honey and Fred arrived. "So why are we here?" Hiro grinned. "We're going to go to San Franci-San Franci-franso-fran...sssisssssco. San Francisco."
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"Why are they chasing you?" she asked. "Those are the same people who tried to kill me the night I almost died," Aeiko said, turning back to see her potential killers. "We have to get out of here." Emi nodded and as she ran beside her she grabbed Aeiko and the hoverboard and vanished from their pursuers' sight.
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"How?" Hiro held up the portal key they'd made several nights before. "Let's see if it works. You all in?" Silence. "Aw, what the heck?" GoGo exclaimed finally. "I'm in." Wasabi slowly nodded. "I'm in, too," he said. Honey and Fred nodded. Baymax did as well. "Really? Great! Here goes..." Hiro slowly tapped the portal key on the mirror. It lit up, and he felt himself being sucked in. GoGo jumped in after Hiro, and had the time of her life zooming around. Wasabi took a deep breath before joining them. Callahan waited. His job would be complete soon. The other three followed.
(Road trip!)